One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.

The dog is very smart. He feels sorry for me because I receive so much mail; that's why he tries to bite the mailman.

Generations to come will find it difficult to believe that a man such as Gandhi ever walked the face of this earth.

Members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the electorate from the legislature. The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population.

The last thing to collapse is the surface.

But love brings much happiness - much more so than pining brings pain.

Academic chairs are many, but wise and noble teachers are few; lecture-rooms are numerous and large, but the number of young people who genuinely thirst after truth and justice is small